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Choose My Adventure: Finding frustrations in Age of Conan
If that headline wasn't a big enough clue, then let me just go ahead and reaffirm: This week, life in Age of Conan was...
One Shots: Saturday night at the Sith disco
While Star Wars: The Old Republic's Sith aren't usually known for carefree and festive folks, that is a myth. Every Saturday night, they like...
Choose My Adventure: Settling into Age of Conan’s uncomfortable routine
Today's Choose My Adventure column is about the groove.
I think some folks know what I mean in relation to MMOs (or even gaming in...
The Stream Team: Playing around in the creative space of Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis has released its ver. 2 update, and while there are some different features added to the game with...
DC Universe Online patches in new open world boss, new elite raid, and new ally
Would you like some more Episode 45 stuff to do in DC Universe Online? Daybreak's Dimensional Ink has answered your wish with a new...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis enters ‘ver. 2’ with new player housing feature and several bugs
This week is likely a big one for players of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis as the June update (aka ver. 2) has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 424: Blue Protocol, red Diablo
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, Elder Scrolls Online Necrom, Blue Protocol's delay, Swords of Legends Online's sunset, WoW Classic's WoW Token, PSO2 housing, Tarisland CBT, and Embers Adrift's new model, with adventures in LOTRO, plus MMOs for families.
Choose My Adventure: Age of Conan underwhelms almost immediately
For an MMORPG that has been out for as long as it has, Age of Conan sure feels like an early access title. And...
Vitae Aeternum: What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO should (and shouldn’t) take from New World
We've had one, yes, but what about second attempt by Amazon to deliver a Lord of the Rings MMO? During the last run at...
Jack Emmert confirms that NetEase’s Warhammer 40,000 MMO is being built in Unreal Engine 5
Hopefully you didn't miss the fascinating announcement last month that Jack Emmert's new Austin-based, NetEase-owned game studio is working on a Warhammer 40,000 MMO...
DC Universe Online reruns a summer celebration, hands out Pride cosmetics, and boosts artifact XP
There are multiple events happening in the latest update to DC Universe Online that are casting a pretty wide net of interest, so if...
Four Winds: Swords of Legends Online was a wasted opportunity
MMOs are hard to make. But despite the difficulties, we've seen some real gems over the years. They're also difficult to run. But the...
First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis’ player housing aka ‘creative spaces’ has huge potential – and a huge learning curve
One of the best methods for MMORPG players to feel connected to their game's world is through the avenue of player housing. It's an...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis dates features, events, and quests coming in June’s ver. 2 update
Wednesday, June 7th, will start bringing the big ver. 2 update to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, which means that Sega has begun...
Choose My Adventure: Plumbing the challenging Delera’s Tomb in Dungeons and Dragons Online
This week's Choose My Adventure ended up being a bit more challenging than I had expected it to be. Primarily because my level five...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
Funcom belatedly remembers Age of Conan’s 15th birthday with dev blog and event
Yesterday, we cheekily pointed out that Funcom appeared to have forgotten Age of Conan's 15th birthday back on the 20th of May, in spite...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Conan Exiles announces June 22 Age of War as Age of Conan’s 15th anniversary slips by in silence
Funcom may have let Saturday's 15th birthday of Age of Conan slip by unheralded and unremarked, but it did take the moment to announce...
The MOP Up: Don’t fear Last Epoch’s Reaper form
Last Epoch's Reaper is getting a glow-up with this week's update! The studio said that it's improving the visual effects, outfit, and groovy scythes...
